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r i I If itei4t„ 07 die.,l4%ii? t ,t; 1 " n . .(i4, ~., :Af ...., CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, SEPT. 26, 1828. NOTICE is hereby given , That a SESSION of DYER and TERMINER and GAOL DELIVERY for the TRIAL of OFFENCES committed on the HIGH SEAS, within the Jurisdiction of the ADMIRALTY of ENGLAND, will he held at JUSTICE HALL, in the OLD BAILEY, LONDON, on TUESOAT, the 24th day of October next, at Eight a'Clock in the Morning:--And all Sheriffs, Gaolers, and Keepers of Prisons, in whose custody any. Prisoners, charged with Offences committed on the High Seas, or within the said Juris diction, may be, are hereby required to transmit a copy of the Commitment of every Such Prisoner to Mr. litcxwELL, the Soli ritor of the Admiralty, on Spring Garden Terrace, London, in order that the necessary measures may be taken, for removing all melt Prisoners to His Majesty's Gaol of Newgate, for trial at the 'aid intended Session : And all Mayors, Justices, Coroners, and other Officers, before whout any Inquisitions, Informations, Exa minations,- or Reeognizances, may have been taken touching arty such Offences, are required to transmit the same forthwith to Mr. THOMAS SHELTOE, the Clerk of Arraigns of the High Court of Admiralty of England, at his Office, at the Sessions House in the DM Bailey, London. J. W. CROKER. CONTRACT FOR CAST IRON MOORING BLOCKS. Navy n Orrtcx„ SP:rT. 20, 1826. , THEprincipal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy do hereby give notice,: That on THUM -4") the 12th of October next, at One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to contract for ' ll l)plying His Majesty's Yards at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, ' 3l leerness, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, with Cast Iron Alooring Blocks. Models of the Blocks and a Form of the Tender may be seen at this Office. N 6 Tender will be received - sa l ter One -.'Clock, on the Day of Treaty; nor any noticed unless the Party, Dr an Agent for him, attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter addressed to Nalry Board, and signed by a responsible Perspn, engaging :0 become bound with the Person tendering, iu the Sum of 100/., for the due perforinance of the Contract. ' TOWN-HALL, MARGATE, SP.I.T. 30, 1826. MARGATE PIER and HARBOUR COM PANY. A GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the COM IANY of •PROPRIETORS of MARGATE - PIER and TARBOITR will be holden at the Toxin-Hall, Margate, on Wen tatsnAti the 18th day of October'. utrat, at: Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon. • By• Order of the (Jona of tfirectors, STEPHEN SACKETT CHANCELLOR, Clerk. THE REV.VVILLIAIVI HETHERINGTON'S CHARITY to the BLINP; established 1774. . . CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, LONDON. Whereas the above-taamed Gentleman, in his Life-time, en lied the Governor* of this Hospital to:pay Annuities of , lol. to ach of Fifty Blind Persons, in the Hope that his •Example you'd be followed by other benevolent Characters, the Governors ;ive this public Notice, that from the very munificent additions lade to Mr. Hetherington's original Fund, b Deed of Gift, and 7 Will, , they are now enabled to extend the Annuity to upwards f 506 Persons. The Governors give Bast public Notice, that from the 7th ()c -aber to the 3d of November, in every Year, they are ready to wue from the Counting -house of the Hospital, upon the perso al Application of a Friend,* Petitions for any blind Persons luly qualified. The leading Qualifications are stated hereunder ; and unless he Parties can respectively prove themselves strictly within them, he applications in their behalf will be entirely fruitless. Birth and Residence in England, to the exclusiOn of Wales and ler wick-upon-Tweed. Age, Fifty Years, and upwards. • Residence, Three Nears in their present Abode ; and total liminess during that period. Ineome, if any, must be under 201. per annum. Those who have ever begged, received Alms, or are deemed ! 4 iscte for Pariah Relief, are excluded from the benefit of these 2 litritie s , which arc intended "for those who have been repu ably brought up, and who want sonic addition to what they 44 , to make life more conifimable under the misfortune M •Ilinduess." THOMAS WILIN, Clerk. Trou t the great extent of this - Chttrity, it is found' impracti- Ode to attend to Letters'. THE LAST WEEK BUT ONE. £389,000, IN ONE DAY. CARROLL, Contractor, be g s to remind the Pub , he, that the Last of all Lotteries is now before them, and mat 0 ,000/. must be gained by a Ticket Wednesday, 18th inst. 5 ,0001. must be gained by a Half Wednesday, 18th inst. 7 ,500/. must be gained by a Quarter Wednesday, 18th inst. 3 ,7501. must be gained by an Eighth Wednesday, 18th inst. 1,87/1/. must be gained by a Sixteenth Wednesday, 18th inst. Prizes of 30,000/. will be drawn --Wednesday, 18th inst. And all Lotteries end in this Kingdom. Tickets and Shares are selling by CARROLL, Contractor, ID, tornhill ; 7 ~ Charing-Cross ; and 20, Oxford-street ; who !id Within a short period, Four Prizes of 30,0001.—Four of 'O,OO O /.--and other Cap itals in former Lotteries, exceeding a s terhug! IMPERIAL FIRE 'INSURANCE COM ‘ P ANY, SUN-COURT, CORNHILL, sud No. 5, ST. JA aIES'S.STREET. DIRECTORS. C°III4 ELIUS BUM ER, Egg Chairman. fir j°llll HORgLEY 1 )-' ADIEU . , Esq.. Deputy Clairman. ant Allan P Charf. ' ' S q• Daniel Mildred, Esq. ki i " arclaY, Esq., M. P. Sir Charles Price; Bart. , :7 Rarkly, 4wq. Joseph Reid, Esq. `J'',lni.ea Dative* Esq. John Baker Richards, Esq. :: Henry Nall, Es . John Smith, Esq. M.P. ‘3 nrael Draw, r q roil.lialn Fr Henry Henry Smith, Esq. Henry Sterry, Esq. nert Lang, Esq. Richard I.ee P ►John Menton Tritton, Esq. David L y o n ji. and , Es q . Richard Twining, Esq. 'crane. Oeorg e Andrea, Colvile) Ea Jer eteieh Olive, EN* Et.Dllll Sir Jamey Shaw, Bart. Robert Slade, Eq. Joseph Tiaiperon, Esq. !one. A 1, Gerard 1)0 V r 'James Puttison, km: Esq. ,Andre is'ine4( ,E . sq. a n d t d hiswe.inuglitian, jun. Esq. John Tritton, Esq. iptiny h ave resolved to mak e th e f o ll ow i ng re d uc ti on in ' l4 * Rides of Premium hitherto charged on the three common I " of Inturstlets, except i n spec i a l eases. First Clue ............... ,2s, Od.•to I s . 6d. per cent. Secon ...d ..... ............... Od. to 2.5. 6d. ............ tbs.' 04. to 404. 6d. 1111.1.NR11, Accountant. AUDI' A person in Derby has invented a met m ing a machi ne t h at w ill spin &AAA° twist, `and re e l hod of fro m 2 to 14 4 bobbins at a ,thne. It is a circumstance no less singular than true, that the first record f or marr i age. en t ere d into, the Ses hion-book o f t h e West Parish of this town, commences w ith Adam and Eve, being the christian names of the male and female who came forward a few nights after tile book was prepared. The worthy Greetioekians `au boast therefore of an ancient origin, but we are afraid that it will take their utmost research tofind any !races of al Paradise or garden. a. Eden in all these bleak regions. —Greenock Advertiser. - 1 INDIAN NiwsPAPzus.---The late arrivals from India br i ng rtclut bring a Government notification, eieludiug the s ervants of the Ikon. East India Company from any rP r optietorship 'or managem e nt o f t h e public press in that country. The following is aco of th e or d e r a s issu e d at Bombay ; it is dated the 11th of May, and ' 4 Riled by the. Secretary to (gOvernMent.:- - GENERAL DEPARTMENT. hple Honourable the Court of Directors having resolvedto pro.. k a t al person s in the service of the lion. East India Company' e(n inecting themselves With any Newspaper, o r ot h er pe. tif ia lea l,,journal (unless devoted exclusively to literary and ,Idea.. pro,„ 'whether as editor, sole proprietor, or sharer in the vie.„.;'".Y, notice th ereo f i s h ere b y g i ven to a ll persons i n the ter corer, he Ron. East 1, 1 4 c om p a ny, on this establishment,. end ap o av o, or m ili tary, surgeons an!.l• chaplains rnclud . ed . ;. p en t concerned are further apprised, that t h is or de r Co ° tweed if ura el/1 . necessary, : on the part of the Honourable the when it Director*, root dimis,sitig from their service those by "play be-eontrad. 4tC'' ~ Z ' , ' ' (( 4. 7 . ; 4 --... ' , ' l' 4 ( 3 -, r. ' ci; ~.,,;.,,„ J P- rti ~.. '"4l 4 'I• A ' ‘' t , t,l l 11r) 4 1 \,7111, ... ----j.4- , A- i77ay . AV ---- No. 10,628. ISLAND OF ASCENSION. The following is the extract of the letter to which we alluded a day or two ago, from an intelligent gen tleman on the Island of Aseension. This infant Co . - bony is daily growing into importance, and the account winch is here given . of the Island will be read with considerable interest. The letter from which it is taken is dated Ascension, July 29, 1826 " I have taken a day and gone to the mountain, and as far round the Island as I could, and venture to hope a short description of it, in my poor way, will not be dis pleasing to you; for none of the accounts I hoard in Eng land gave me the least id e a o f th e rea li ty . I t i s generally imagined that.there is no soil in the Island, but that it is a bare mass of lava : there is abundance of soil in the. Green Mountain,.and in various other parts, quantities of dry dusty material, w hich on l y requires the lecay of vege table matter and rain to be productive enough. The•latter blessing is, I am sorry to say, of rare occurrence in any quantity, so that in traversing the Island you pass over nothing bet plains and hills of cinders, duse, and pieces of lava, which are called here elimpers; a word, by the bye, indigenous to Ascension alone, and probably a corruption of the word crimpers, for such they arc most certainly. To describe them, so that the difficulty of walking over them may be appreciated, is impossible. They are mostly spiral, and so crisp that they easily break when trodden on. I have walked over them for about a mile. All, however, is punk and contemptible compared with the coup d'wil from the Mountain House. Would I could find words to convey to your mind the feelings with which mine was impressed when I surveyed it : it appeared a region of de solation--7-a wilderness of death—what.one might imagine would be the ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah. From the mountain can be counted 25 (I believe) craters, large and small, which have spent their fury, and have had their fires ex tinguished for ages. • The hills appeared as though they had been once in a state of ignition, and the plains to be dried ,up by liquid fire. If I may be allowed the expression, it re minded me of what might be sapposed a deserted and quenched portion of hell. Amid this herbless waste stands the Green Mountain ; not, one would be .led to suppose, coeval with the rest of the Island. The house, which is within 500 feet of the top, and the gardens, are really beau tiful, but, from contrast, appear a paradise; the tempera ture delightful and salubrious. The mean is about 66 morn- 1 ing, 74 noon, 68 evening. This is in winter; I have not ' been able to try the summer, but understand the morning and.evening are nearly the same; but that,at noon, 77 may be considered fair. At the garrison, the mean, in winter, is about 74 morning, 81 noon, 76 evening.. Vegetation in the gardens tis quick. I understand produce may be had from seed six times in a year. We had, a fortnight ago, Ballad from the seed brought out in the transport which ar rived, here on the' 3d inst., from large lettuces. Traversing from this house to the eastward, you pass over a road cut by' Lieut, Cuppage along the side of the mountain, part of it nearly perpendicular, consequently consisting of steps, which, from the crumbled nature of the soil, are worn away, and in some places you walk on a road not three feet wide,-inclined 'outward; a precipice below . of 700 or 800 feet, into which one false step would precipitat ilte tra veller. The appearance is terrific. I walked through it on my way to what is called Cricket Valley, a most beau tiful vale, 'quite level, about 60 acres, surrounded by im passable hills, and but one inlet. The day I was at the mountain, the peak was enveloped in mist, which rendered a trip to its stumnit useless. Frequently at the house the clouds, in vast Volumes, were rolling at our feet, and pretty swiftly too. Every thing .is very daMp there, •in consequence of the rooms being built without fire-places. This the Colonel will remedy. Mats are in hundreds. " I • was obliged to allow a dog to sleep by my bed, as I staid the night. My bed was surrounded by cur tains of old canvas, • up and down which they paraded; one ventured on my pillow and awoke me. Mos- • quitos are not • numerous ; I heard their shrill bus, but they did not bite me; I was oliged to sleep between blankets, the sheets, except they be emstantly occupied, are really wet ; all garments, during the night, get humid. Guinea fowl, in immense numbers, surround the Green Mountain and its base ; they are difficult to get at, unless you creep on them; three minutes flight will cost ten times the time to get a shot at them again, in consequence of the breaks and chasms they fly across; partridges and grouse would multiply on the mountain; I fear therels not cover far pheasants, but they might be tried. Gooseberries grow wilt:, and in profusion ; they are, I understand, very good ; and are,' in theit growth, surrounded with a sort of gos samer substance. There is one species of euphorbium which grows on the mountains, called here spurge, it is an active poison, so it flourishes and decays without meeting a customer. Purslain grows in abundance, and feeds the goats ; it is, I believe, not indigenous, but was brought here for the purpose of feeding animals. There is a plant, bearing a most beautiful little flower, some of which I have se nt you alive; I wish they may reach you so, and con tinue to thrive. Mules and asses are the most useful ani mals on the Island,. they carry water and all other neces saries, are very sure-footed, and ascend paths almost per pendicular; the Colonel .has a very handsome one, w ho will carry a moderato weight rider to • the moun tain in an hour; the only danger is his amor ous f rea k s , when lie sees any specimen of - asinine beauty among the hill s ; a sonorous bray must be endured, during which he stands still; caution will prevent the mischief, but what would be attended with very little danger on l eve l fi e ld s , would l: limbs on precipitous cliffs, and one's nec k or ni n g t be ht so on in a moment. A fine animal a short back, ver)rm uch ., to the annoy ance o f he Colonel, in pursuit of a fickle- among those d en _ lime ago broke his genius rocks, and was obliged to be shot. This Island may be ma de a very tolerable and compare " tively delightful residence, andofthe source greate o stir s t i o v rt l a y ne to e to Great 13ritain, as a strong hold and t ir be ho c te p w e, ar a dlo c u o V tigi c i ora_ o 4 tseaas: ships,ce from i the the East Indies heart t s tu d i d m p 4111 ry, otect them, but would be glad e nou g h, under their i n f anc to a nest of kingdoms forming in South America, w h i c h , in may e. be friendly enough to g n g land, w hile favourable cirCuntstances, to lay hand on some of the mil lions of British a cilia which annually traverse the:South A.rit)ratnWt_iee...h.avie every thing l plenty, there eat, and is. Thlt so i l s on a g coming a - in E n son I ever , t goat's flesh is equal to any vent milk, eggs, vegetables, As it re garde eggs, a plan, about fromtni s l easonwhen tle then .io son, and bring in fifty or sixty doze n of : h 4 which arc sent into considered delicious, gl in in a id y . be em, equal to lovers', e ide Awake, from its cry t' ct as being " Awide awake," 40 I s human pronunciation; they are laid by a b l ips called the 'W to hay, and may be pi c k ed quantity of up alive, the above eggs may be picked up rnornin .• a ship was supplied with forty 'dozen; the , pr o p g' mregate at certain seasons proper mane of the bird is the Hirondelle de la Mer. •,••• A COMPARISON.--" , What do ' ou think of that a great horse ?" sa id L ou i s XV. to an connoisseur in horse flesh. " ... 14e !,s a su p er b animal, Sire." " They tell me he is of Turkish breed." "Do not believe them, Sire ; he is as much a Christian as you or.l."—Devanpart Telegraph. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1826. SCIENCE. No class of phenomena are more beautiful or inte resting than those which are presented in the analysis of light into its component primary tints by , the prism. The experiments are of so simple and familiar a nature that the exhibition of these beautiful appearances forms a ready and instructive amusement for a leisure hour to any one who is possessed of a prism. Of late years several new facts have been elicited on this subject ; and we have no doubt many of our readers may be interested in having a brief notice of the mode in which this popular experiment is easily varied, so as to shcw one or two curious results. To exhibit the solar spectrum in perfection it is necessary to have the room completely darkened, whilst the sun shines directly upon the closed window, and a ray is admitted through a small hole. The' spectrum being thrown on the opposite wall, it will be observed that the red end terminates very indistinctly. Let, however, a mark be made at what would be fairly called its furthest boundary. Then procure a small piece of that sort of purplish glass, of which sugar basons, &c. are made r---(it is to be observed, that it is' not every kind that will do, as there is some dif ference in the shade of colour, but in trying a few successively, some will not fail to answer :)---now, looking through this glass, at the red boundary of the 'spectrum, there will appear very distinctly ex tending- to the distance o f h a lf an i nc h or more be yond the mark before made, some very fine deep red light. This, under ordinary circumstances, is render ed invisible f rom th e proximity of brighter colours, which produce a g l are i n t h e eye; the deep coloured glass intercepts these, and allows the extreme red rays to become visible. This is the discovery of Mr. Herschel ; mid these rays are of peculiar interest in reference to several points of science. In the first place, as they form a clear well defined band of light, they afford a fixed point in measuring the deviations of the different rays, and thus learning tlke dispersive powers of different species of glass, &c. so essential to the perfection of achromatic telescopes. In the next this . discovery explains a difficulty which had long perplexed philosophers. The late Sir W. Herschel, measured the relative degrees of heat produced in the different rays of the spectrum, and found the greatest effect produced in the extreme red as ordinarily visible ;, he was however much surprised to find, that when the liulb of the thermometer was placed at about half an inch beyond the visible boundary, it rose still higher. This observation was verified by others, and by the fact above stated ; the explanation is obvious. The effect in'both cases depends upon the nature of the glass of which the prism is made. Some sorts of glass disperse the rays differently, and throw the maxi mum point of heat to. .a difFersau position ; but with good flint glass the phenomena are always as above described. We have spoken of the conditions which are essen tial for the most complete exhibition of the pheno mena; they may, however, be rendered visible with less trouble ; if we merely look at the sun, (without the necessity of darkening the room, &c.), through the prism, and guard the eye with the coloured glass, the appearance of the extreme red rays is very distinct ; and if any other coloured glass be substituted they become invisible. In like manner the moon or any other luminous object may be viewed. In some kinds of light these rays will be found not to exist, and in general the inter position of glasses of different colours will produce a number of interesting changes in the appearance of the spectrum. These have been fully detailed and examined by Mr. Herschel, in a paper published in the "Edinburgh Transactions," vol. 9. Another•not less interesting set of phenomena may be observed in the following manner. In the upper part of a window, looking against the sky, and on a day when it is covered with white fleecy clouds, fix a sheet of pasteboard, in which has been made an hori zontal slit, about 1-20th inch broad, and three or four inches long, then retiring to the opposite part of the room look at this slit through the prism, when a spectrum will be seen exhibiting all the colours in the form of a band or stripe of the same breadth as the length of the slit ; to give it the greatest effect the room should be darkened. If now the eye be attentively fixed on any part of the coloured stripe, there will be come visible a number of dark and bright lines, suc ceeding each other alternately, crossing the spectrum parallel to its ends and to the slit. These exist in all party from the red to the violet end. _ln the former _••_. part they occur closer together; and throughout the whole length, they are not disposed with any regu larity. There are two or three among them darker and broader than any of the rest ; some are extremely faint, and others comparatively brilliant. These lines were originally observed by Dr. Wol laston, (Phil. Trans. 1802.) but he distinguished only a few of them ; he noticed also the very differ ent appearances presented when the same experiment is tried with the light of a candle. This is partieu lady curious if we examine it at the blue part of the flame, showing a separation of the colours with wide intervals. • 'M. Frauenhofer, of Munich, who p ossesses a ve . miller art in th e manu f a cture of flint xlass, has tried similar experim en t s with some of his i ncomparable prisins, , and has succeeded in exhibiting a vastly greater nu m b er o f th ese lines than were b efore seen. He coun t e d u p war ds of stlo of th em . Il e a l so found that their relative positions varied considerably, according t o th e nature o f the refractin g me di um em pin. I ployed ; he obs erve d them in several other sorts o f light. In s ome o f t h e b r i g hter fixed star s th ere are lines altogeth er different from those in the s o l ar spec lines ; as also acne pe in as pris oflec the tr sun's light. l Engliih flint g l ass f rom 15 vi a: l e i t a he goodtn. the planets the to 20 ,lines tray be counted, when the exp er i ment i s c onducted as above d escr ib e d. In the li g h t o f t h e moon be disc erne d , b ut the similarly transmitted, according to Mr. Powell's ob servations, about si x li nes may faint ; the se co rrespond ex ac tl y i n Position spect rum . W e al lin es i n the solar ‘ b s:.:i c h l tol i i e l % et 'e hies nO 'pe t rr l l i l e lc O i r p y has yet been proposed for explaining the production of these lines. A white or dove - colour robin (a very rare bird) wa s caught in a net at Brighton on Dionday last. 14 , 4 „. ~.„..„ ,e: 10 „ 4 7`1. (1 . Cj 4A ° 44l ...i .."... --- , . 1, '. • Ct ( , ,' , , .• 4 • . X • , L N ,, : ' 70 ‘ ,ty.t. 7, t e. , ~ .h , ._ 4 . r ..!' • ''''' 4' 4* ...1. e . .. ' ' , ...•• • •:7:`,.., ~...i rr 1, • ' r • VA: ~,, (), Ar . l • 6 1 4). . 1 •1• 2 • ~,7,, , ri r i t.., ( 1. 4 • tiV , • ,ttte- PRICE 71). A SUTTEE. The following is an extract from a letter just received by a Gentleman from his son, employed in the Bom bay army : " MANDURA, FEB. 9.8. " As you say you like to hear all about the manners of the natives, &c. I send a description ofaSettee,or burning of a woman, that I wrote down the morning after I wit nessed it. It is any thing hut a pleasant sight; but as I think all the descriptions you ma}' have•read of such have been of rich people, the following will give you an idea how it is conducted when the poor are the dramatis per-, sorm—As we. were strolling about in the evening, our attention was attracted to a procession, preceded by Tpm toms, &c., then pugging through the gate of the town. On inquiry we were told that a Suttee was about to take place, or a woman going to burn herself with the body of her child. We joined the procession fur two reasons: Ara, to endeavour to prevent so shocking a sacrifice taking place; and, secondly, if that • should fail, we were prompted by curiosity to witness so extraordinary, a circumstance once in our lives. The woman was seated on a suttoo, or small pony, holding u small brunch in each hand, and surrounded by men and women crying "Ram, ram," and other words of approbation and respect. On arriving at the place w:iere she was to sacrifice herself, she dismounted from the suttoo, and a circle being formed around her by the numerous friends and spectutors,she contiimedgivingrice,&c. (or rather went through thalami of doing so, as she was very poor), whilst the people kept up their horrid cries, evidently to present the poor creature from thinking on her situation, by keeping her in a 'state of continual excite ment during the time the pile was being made : it con sisted of three or four sticks, forming acirele of about three feet in diameter at bottom, and tied in a point at top, like.a cone, at the bottom of which, on the ground, large logs of wood were placed, so us to form a seat.—The woman'a husband was watching the body of the child, which was lying on the bier close by.. We asked him it it was his wish that his wife should burn'herselt.and why he allowed. • it. He said Yes, that his wife wished it herself, and that was sufficient ; besides that, he had two wives, and his wouldzain greet afro, er ;. cheracter, by it. We then went up to the woman, and asked her if it was optional on her part, as, if it was not, that our Government would protect her (as she would have been turned out of her caste, and family, and left to starve, if she had refused to burn herself, after expressing her intention so to do.) She un swered, that she wished to burn herself, that it was not forced on her, and that she would do it.' 'Phis re peated even after she had seated herself on the pile. After she had given away all the rice, &c l . she made a signal to. the, surrounding crowd, who opened the way for her, and she moved on and seated herself on the logs of wood at the bottom of the pile, her son, about six years old, being laid on her lap ; she kept fanning him with the branches, and singing, or rather crying out, some unintelligible words, and moving backwards and forwards, evidently in a state of the greatest excitement, .from a great quimtity Lang, or opium, that she had been eating all the time. Large logs of wood were then piled round her up to her chin, • Just leaving sufficient space for her to bit in, and a kind of dry thorn bush was thickly la;(1 on the outside of the pile; two pieces of cotton steeped in glue being Kiri* to her, she threW them up amongst the dry thorn, which immediately ignited, and at the saute time itwas lighted in severalplaces by the attendants. As a very strong wind blew at the time, it burned moat rapidly, and the poor creature must havo been. suffocated almost directly. She made not the slightest strug gle, nor was even a cry or groan heard. When the thorns had burned away a little, we could plainly see her, with her head hanging back, of course perfectly dead. She had not moved her situation in the least. It is, perhaps, doubt ful whether she could have done so, on account of the heavy wood which was placed on her knees, and piled round her. One of our party went close to, anti looked into the pile, after she had lighted it, but the expression of her face was not in the least degree chenged : at that time she quietly drew a cloth over her face. From the quantity of opium she had eaten, added, perhaps, to the., pitch to which her feelings had been worked up, .she had a very wild appearance, and was most likely prevented froni giving a thought to what she was about to do by th e continued cries or her friends around. The natives 'ap peared really to' go about it with as little concern us school-boys burn Guy Fawkes. Not a single expression •of pity or horror was heard, and the' poor infatuated WO man appeared more like an animated piece of mecha n i sm than a Inman being. The Thait, or great Maxi of Man , darn, had offered her considerable sums of money not to burn herielf, but with. no effect." The following letter is copied from Aris'B Birming ham Gazette, of Monday, Sept. 25, 1826 : TO THE EDITOR OF ARIS'S IHRMINGHAM GAZETTE. Sta,—ln your account of the Dinner given to Mr. Ludlow by .his friends at Bridgnorth, I have observed considerable error in what I am stated to have said in reference to Mr. Thomas Whit more, the points of my observations being made more strong, and their qualifications being wholly omitted. Whatever might have been mr expressions under the excitement of the occasion, it was not any intention that they should he construed into per. tonal hostility:to one who has ever stood so bil , h in any estimation and regard. His absence on the Continent has preveuted an in terview between us till this day, and I am now happy to say that its result has satisfied - me that the. circumstances which caused my aniuutdversions on any part of his conduct, (or rather that of his agents) at the late election, were either in contradiction to his orderi, or beyond his controul. The insertion. of the above in your next publication will much oblige your humble servant, E. S. DAVENPORT. Wettish' House, Sept. IS,. 1826.' madeeoflnheee DRAMATIC SENSIOILITY.—Kcan took his benefit at Montreal on the 21st August, when he appeared in cardinal lVolsey and Sylvester Damverwood. In the latter he gave, amongst the rest, imitations of certain pantomimic actors and harkquins, which gave but little satisfaction. At the close, the audience cla moured loudly for him to appear. In vain the manager " Kean, Kean !" and after some attempted to address them. He was saluted with the province i i t i l :le never r h b a e s cries of " 011; offr delay, the latter made his appearance, and addressed is the audience to this effect :----" Ladies and Gentlemen, obedient to your request, I have left my bed-room, to which i had retired, in considerable exhaustion. The tonnetmwxitli heartil ~,t,ihiiisch The character which I assumed to-night • never attempt again. which I have not attempted for many kind ra e n cert in i p o r n es l si l o m n ve up years, and Some person M the pit here cried "give us another tu hl - 6 on ni e t:Are " This interruption was received• vougo. , With general hisses, and cries of " turn h i m out." m, r sumed. At the request of the ladi es A :. .'"; c '' 1 re:, one which I will, MN gentlemen of this city I have left my room to • appe a r before them. I always feel a pleasure in obe 'in' )g their commands, but as for Mat fellow (alluding ing to the person who requested the additional tumble) I d * , evise hi m• m.--- 1 Montreal Herald. , (From the litahaester Gazelle.) At the New Bailey Court-house, on Thursday, a case was heard by the sating Magistrates, Ralph Wright and James liibbert, Esqrs., which filled the whole Court with astonishment and indignation. The persons charged with this infamous conspiracy were John Bridgford, the landlord of the :Exchange Tavern ' in St. Mary's-sate; Towers,an attorney,(office,Exchange Tavern); and Samuel Matelly, John Reddish, Betijamm Hornbill, and Thomas Hardman, bailiffs. The victims of the alleged conspiracy were, Mrs., Sand ford, and Miss Bridgford, her• sister, two ladies who suc ceeded their father, the late much and deservedly respected Mr. John Bridgford, in the business of seedsman and florist, in Market-street. Mr. W. A. WOODDURNE, who appeared as the advocate. of the complainants, stated that this was one of the most • important cases that ever came into that Cart. It was a charge of conspiracy to cheat, defraud, harass, oppress, and impoverish, an inoffensive .and respectable widow lady, named Sandford. Mr. Woodburne then detailed the facts of the ease, from which it appeared, that on the death of the late Mr. Bridgford, Mrs. Sandford entered into part. • nership with her sister, Miss Bridgford. - On that ()era sion, Mt's. Sandford gave notice to the landlord of the house in which she then resided, that she should quit at a certain time, but the notice not being deemed sufficiently long, the landlord sent her a bill for the rant np to the fall time, which amounted-to 10/. Mrs. Sandford, not being prompt in the payment of the money, he-directed his at, torney, Mr. Ratcliffe, to commence proceedings *just her, and the.. result was, a cognovit - was prepared by Mr. Ratcliffe's clerk, and signed by Mrs. Sandford, at the bot tom of which was a memorandum or defeusance, which stipulated that judgment should not be entered up, pro vided that the costs and .5/. were paid down, and the re maining 5/. in two months front the date of the instrument. The defendant, Bridgford, the brother of the. complainant, being desirous •to get possession of the papers- and do cuments of his late father, entered into a conspiracy for that purpose with the other defendants, and Towers acted as the attorney in the business. Bridgford, with' out the knowledge or concurrence of Mrs. Sandford's creditor (Mr. Robert Jones); obtained the coon. tit from Mr. Ratcliffe, and Towers,' who acted in the business as his attorney, sent • the eageovit. to Pres'. ton, the defeasance or memorandum at the foot of it hav ing first been cut off by Hombin, who, on being told by Mr. Jones that he had done wrong,: said,...-0 Oh, be d—d ; I've done that many times before. I served one last week the same sauce." On the 22d instant •'a letter. .Orrived at the Exchange Tavern, , directed.to Towers, and containing the execution; and after the defendants had dined toge ther, Mawley, Reddiah, Horabin„ and Ilcuilmon, .not one of .whom was named in the execution, took a cart, and proceeded with it to the plaintiff's shop. Mrs. Sandford, at the time, was pnwell, and lyi n g on the sofa in the buck . room., Miss Bridgford asked them what they wanted.— They said they had an execution at the suit of Bendier and others. Why," said. Miss Bridgford, "you have had part of the money." " Oh," said Mawley, turning to his companions, "Tire away." They then seized the drawers and boxes containing the family papers, together with all ,Miss Bridgford's clothes and trinkets,,a calamity of seeds, •ft quantity of valuable books, a 51. note, a box of medals, and numerous other articles, to the amount of about 501. for a debt of about 5/. In great distrets of mind Miss Bridgford and her sister went to Mr. Wood burne'a office, and acquainting'llim with what had hap pened, engaged his professional assistance. Mr. Wood burne immediately went to Mr. Bridgford's house, and seeing Mr. Bridgford, asked him if there was any property there that had been brought from his (Mr. Bridgford's) sisters', in Market -street; upon which Bridgford said " No; you may go to —." On the same evening, Mr. W. wrote to Preston, and learnt that Towers, the attorney, had sent off the cognopit for the execution, and that the defeasanes was torn off.. On Saturday Mr. Woodburne went to the Eiehange Tavern, and saw a : ban= announeiug the sa4+ of furniture. Towers. was there, and admitted to Mr. Niroodhorne, that he was the attorney in Mrs. Sandford's „case. " I sin conic,'' said Mr. Woodburne, "to pay the debt and eosts.'', Towers and .Horabin, who acted as his clerk, then went into a room, followed by Mr. Wood- Inane, when Horabin produced the execution, and Mr. Woodburne paid 10/. 18s. Od. for the debt and costs, and Horabin signed a receipt for it. 'Whilst this transaction was taking place, .the sale of the goods was going on; "and to show," said Mr. Woodburne, " the manner in which the timings were thrown away, I have to state that 183 numbers of a valuable wt4rk,, called Curtiei Botanical -Magazine, for which the executors of the late Mr. Bridg ford refused. 20 . guineas, were knocked down f o r th e pa l try sum of Bs. 6d.. No,account of what way sold was reeder. ecl, nor were more thann one half of the goods returned; the 5/. note, which could not have been sold, wuselso not returned. Mr. Woodburne then proceeded to call his witnesses. The Magistrates immediately ordered Bridgford to enter into recognizanees to appear at the Sessions to answer to any indictment for misdemeanour that might be preferred against him—himself in 200/, and two sureties in 100/. each. The remainder of the defendants were also ordered to enter into recognizanees for a similar purpose, each of them in 100/. and two sureties of 504 each, and 24 hours' notice of the bail to be given to Mr. Woodburne. Bridgford finding bail was liberated; but the remainder not being able to do so, were committed to prison, and tl►ey were all locked up, Mr. Towers the attorney, includ ed. This gentleman affected to laugh .on the oecusion, but it was evidently an attempt at merriment. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DiAltY, TIiURIDAT, OCT. 5. (At the Court of Commissioners.) Anderson and Wilson,lpot-lane, toercliants A. Wilkie, Duke-street, l'ortlaud-plsee, upholsterer lit COUNTRY DIARY, THUMDAY, Or?, 5, J. Bardsley, Neaten-Norris, at the BullteleyArtns, Stockp or t Bentley and Fogg, Eccles—White's, Manchester 3 J. Cullen, Liverpool—Mr. Leather's, Liverpool G. Cussons, Alancbester—Whiteiv, Alauchester ............ 11 J. Dinham, Exeter—Globe, Exeter Francis and Wetmough, Whitchurch—liou, Allitelturch ll J. 11. iidiill—Lion, Bristol 10 S. Ilarrison, Matiehester—George, Liverpool ............... 1 J. m u t, Holywell—Bell, Holy well ........................... 11 J. B. Moorman, Newin)rt—Guildliall, Newport F. Pettis, Newport--Guild, Newport 11 S. Welch, Whitchurch—Lion, Whitelnirch ll T. W. Williams, Northwich—Crown, Northwieli Lord Chesterfield (says Lord Orford ) thol directed a letter'to th e l ate L or d Pembroke, w.ho was always swimmin g :--,.." To the E ar l o f P em broke, in the Thames, over apinst Whitehall." this dire nctio was sure of finding him within a certain number of fathoms. e hear stated, upoo lOth instant, W it _. I pretty goon authority, that the present Chairman of the Stamp-board, Mr. nedg wick, with Mr. Commissioner Hallam ti TC rtl on die and that the Chief Commissionershi p is to be given g i ,, a brother of the Earl of Galloway. Various reforms and retrenchments are recommended, the them a curta of number of and amongst , Conunk,toners, widt h will il in ment future be five instead of seven ; and the seven clerks are to be reduced t o , , f ou r. it 15 :use proposed to throw open the stamp business to the public, and the department issuing Stamps for law proceedings, and what is called law . statwnery, will be carried on as in the ordinary way of a shop. Other alterations are enumerated, and the whole is calculated to produce a saving of WNW. a-year.--Morning Paper.